1 Samuel 7:5, 8-9 (NKJV)
5 And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
5 And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
INTRODUCTION
James 5:14-15
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. (NKJV)
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. (NKJV)
Mark 11:23-24
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. (NKJV)
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. (NKJV)
THE PRAYER OF FAITH
1. He addressed the sin in the camp
1 Samuel 7:6
So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the Lord. And they fasted that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” (NKJV)
So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the Lord. And they fasted that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” (NKJV)
Psalm 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. (NKJV)
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. (NKJV)
Isaiah 59:1-2
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. (NKJV)
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. (NKJV)
Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. (NKJV)
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. (NKJV)
2. He made sure that the blood was involved
1 Samuel 7:9
And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. (NKJV)
And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. (NKJV)
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, (NKJV)
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, (NKJV)
3. He persevered
1 Samuel 7:10
Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel… (NKJV)
Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel… (NKJV)
4. The Lord answered
1 Samuel 7:10
…But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. (NKJV)
John 14: 13-14
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (NKJV)
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (NKJV)
CONCLUSION
1 Samuel 7:13-14
So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. (NKJV)
So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. (NKJV)